Rain, rain, rain: Wet week ahead for Toowoomba

RAIN and thunderstorms have brought a much cooler change to Toowoomba.

While the temperature gauge has been sitting in the mid 30s for the past two weeks, the next seven days will be cool and wet.

About 26mm has fallen in Toowoomba in the past 24 hours, with the majority falling overnight.

There is a high chance of showers this morning, with up to 40kmh winds expected. Today's maximum temperature is forecast to be 25 degrees.

Tomorrow is predicted to be between 17 and 24 degrees, with a medium chance of showers in the morning.

On Thursday there is only a slight chance of rain with up to 1mm falling, but rain is expected to continue throughout the rest of the week due to a surface trough hanging over parts of the state.

A surface trough, which currently extends from the northwest of the state to the southern interior, will gradually shift westwards over the next few days and deepen as the upper-level trough develops over southern Queensland.

These developments will result in large amounts of low-level moisture and instability over much of eastern and central Queensland during the week, particularly inland.